Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

Secretariat

The secretariat is part of the Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, part of Leiden Law School. The Institute Coordinator is in charge of the secretariat and the Institute's Academic Director is ultimately responsible for the secretariat. The secretariat provides administrative support to the staff, the Heads of department and the Academic Director (WD) in relation to teaching, research and the impact of the Institute. The secretariat helps implement strategic policy decisions and identifies areas for improvement for the optimal management of the Institute and its departments.

The Secretariat:

• provides administrative support for the Institute's teaching and research; 
• provides proactive (substantive) support to the policy and decision-making – and implementation of the business operations (finance, personnel, ICT/digitization and housing) within the Institute to the WD/Head of departments, with the focus on the process in the field of Personnel and Finance of the Institute in coordination with the various staff departments of the faculty/university;
• general secretarial and administrative support to the staff, department chairs and WD of the Institute;
• is the first point of contact for students, internal staff and external parties. 

The secretariat is subdivided as follows:

• (overarching) Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
• eLaw
• Jurisprudence
• Moot Court
• Leiden Law Practices (sub division Moot Court)
• Philosophy of Law
• Legal History
• Van Vollenhoven Institute